David Heimbuch

Helpful Heroes (formerly Hidrent) is the first and only on-demand home service platform dedicated exclusively to connecting off-duty firefighters with homeowners and businesses in need of reliable, trustworthy labor. By leveraging the inherent trust and specialized skills of first responders, we provide a premium alternative to traditional gig-economy marketplaces. *Strategic Growth & Acquisition: Founded the company as Hidrent in 2018, scaling the platform to a nationwide network before its acquisition by BELFOR Franchise Group in 2024. *Brand Evolution: Led the successful rebrand from Hidrent to Helpful Heroes, integrating the company into the BELFOR family of brands and transitioning the business model into a scalable national franchise system. *Media & Capital Raising: Secured investment on ABC’s Shark Tank (Season 13) and successfully navigated multiple crowdfunding rounds, managing a community of 300+ investors. *Franchise Leadership: Currently overseeing the national rollout of the Helpful Heroes franchise model, providing entrepreneurs with a turnkey business built on the credibility and goodwill of local heroes.

Known as “The Center of Gravity for Entrepreneurs in Texas”, the Accelerator program gives Hidrent access to hundreds of mentors and a competitive advantage in attracting talent, advisors, investors and customers.

Tapad Inc. is the undisputed leader in cross-platform ad technology. The company’s groundbreaking technologies address the new and ever-evolving reality of media consumption on smartphones, tablets and home computers. Through Tapad, advertisers are now able to get a unified view of consumers across all screens. Tapad has built the most robust, real-time cross-platform audience buying technology available.

AT&T AdWorks is the leading media company in utilizing proprietary subscriber data that goes beyond 3rd party data to reach audiences at scale across online, mobile and TV.

Shazam® is the world’s leading mobile discovery application - enabling consumers to discover, buy and share content with others across mobile devices and the Internet. Launched as the first mobile-specific service to help people discover new music, Shazam has now expanded beyond its music roots to enable viewers to interact with broadcast media and brands via Shazam for TV. With more than 125 million Shazamers in 200 countries around the world, Shazam has a reach that is unparalleled in the industry, and it continues to grow at a rate of more than 1 million new users every week.

YuMe is the largest dedicated video advertising network and provider of the leading video ad management platform ACE. YuMe connects brands with consumers via video advertising and offers publishers unique solutions that maximize the value of their video inventory.

Photobucket is the easiest and most reliable way for people to create, manage and share their personal media online. Photobucket is the web’s most popular creative hub, linking billions of personal photos, graphics, slideshows, and videos daily to hundreds of thousands of web sites, including: MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, Friendster, eBay, Craigslist, Blogger, Xanga and others. Photobucket’s more than 41 million users upload more than 7 million personal photos, graphics and videos to Photobucket every day, and the site is growing at a rate of 85,000 new users a day.

ValueClick Media is one of the largest and most comprehensive online advertising networks, reaching over two-thirds of the U.S. Internet audience across more than 13,500 quality sites whose web-based and registration path inventory is represented on both an exclusive and non-exclusive basis.

About.com is recognized as a top 10 content site and one of the largest producers of original content on the web.